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Masonic Temple

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the Masonic Temple with bicycles in front of the entrance. It was built in 1895 of brick and brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style...
Photograph

Franz Peters, Labor Day Parade Marshall

Date: 1900
Description: Franz Peters, Milwaukee Labor Day Parade Marshall, mounted on a horse on a neighborhood street. He is holding Freemason insignia in his right hand. Located...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Emma Gebhardt

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Emma W. Gebhardt sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, polka-dotted skirt, a printed blouse, a band...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Geda Severson at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Geda (Gyda) Severson standing next to a chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, dark skirt, a light blo...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Jennie White at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Jennie White sitting on a chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, dark, patterned skirt, a light blouse...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Three Women Guests at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three women wearing gypsy costumes. The woman in the center is gazing at the other women's pa...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Three Women Guests at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three women wearing gypsy costumes. One women is sitting in the center, and two women are sit...
Photograph

Zor Shrine German Band

Date: 1930
Description: A maestro leads shriner musicians from the Zor Shrine German Band as they play their instruments on the steps of the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin Avenue.
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Historical Object

12th Annual Midwest Shrine Game Ticket

Date: 08 26 1961
Description: A ticket for the 12th Annual Midwest Shrine Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. The game, which took place at Milwaukee County Stadiu...
Photograph

Temple Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: Carved stone medallion on exterior of the Temple Theatre featuring the Blue Lodge Masons' symbol.
Photograph

Temple Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Temple Theatre from across the street.
Print

Worse Than Slavery Cartoon

Date: 
Description: A cartoon depicting an African American family hovering beneath a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) and a white supremacist in the Reconstruction South. There is a sk...

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